KWC2007.1.316_Tu Fu Ling

KWC reference # being : KWC2007.1.316

Name of Translator: Douglas Wingate Title/Credentials: MAOM student

cigar box side one:

Characters: 土茯
Pinyin: Tǔ Fú
English: Smooth Greenbrier Root, Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma

The box reads "Tu Fu", a shortened version of the herb Tu Fu Ling (土茯苓)
Translation Dr. Ger : (T'u-fu-ling) - "Smilax pseudo-China" - CHINA ROOT.




Sources:
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-chinese chinese-english dictionary of chinese medicine. p. 669

Also appears to be item KWC2007.1.3495